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Original Articles

Tenure security and productivity in small‐scale agriculture in Zimbabwe: Implications for South Africa

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Pages 609-620 | Received 01 Jun 1998, Accepted 01 Aug 1998, Published online: 27 Feb 2008

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  • Respectively, Graduate Student and Head of Department, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Centre for Science Development (CSD), South Africa. Opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the CSD.

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